How to set default nice level for an application
Nils Kassube
kassube at gmx.net
Wed Nov 24 06:09:56 UTC 2010
Matthias Andersson wrote:
> I want to make thunderbird always start with a nice level of 20
> instead of the default 0. What is the easiest way of achieving this?
The nice level range doesn't include 20 (see "man nice"). Do you mean
-20 (highest priority) or 19 (lowest priority)? If you mean -20, I have
no idea because only root can raise the priority and I would never
suggest to run thunderbird as root. But if you mean 19, I would suggest
you create a starter for thunderbird on your desktop which starts the
command
/usr/bin/nice -19 /usr/bin/thunderbird
and maybe you should also consider using ionice (see "man ionice") which
would make the command:
/usr/bin/nice -19 /usr/bin/ionice -c3 /usr/bin/thunderbird
Nils
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